Acts 7:17

But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 7:6

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

Acts 13:17

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

Genesis 15:13-16

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Exodus 1:7-12

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Exodus 1:20

And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Psalm 105:24-25

And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

2 Peter 3:8-9

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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The people

Acts 13:17
The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Psalm 105:24
And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

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